diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index cfbaee7ade..9b38e95c2d 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -5419,6 +5419,15 @@ void Application::registerScriptEngineWithApplicationServices(ScriptEngine* scri
         return !entityServerNode || isPhysicsEnabled();
     });
 
+    scriptEngine->setGetTargetUpdateRateFunction([this]() {
+        auto displayPlugin = _displayPlugin;
+        if (displayPlugin) {
+            auto targetUpdateRate = displayPlugin->getTargetFrameRate();
+            return targetUpdateRate;
+        }
+        return 60.0f;
+    });
+
     // setup the packet senders and jurisdiction listeners of the script engine's scripting interfaces so
     // we can use the same ones from the application.
     auto entityScriptingInterface = DependencyManager::get<EntityScriptingInterface>();
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index 2191d45d45..19ab19abb8 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -898,14 +898,14 @@ void ScriptEngine::run() {
     while (!_isFinished) {
         auto beforeSleep = clock::now();
 
-        // Throttle to SCRIPT_FPS
-        // We'd like to try to keep the script at a solid SCRIPT_FPS update rate. And so we will 
+        // Throttle to _targetUpdateRate
+        // We'd like to try to keep the script at a solid _targetUpdateRate update rate. And so we will 
         // calculate a sleepUntil to be the time from our start time until the original target
         // sleepUntil for this frame. This approach will allow us to "catch up" in the event 
         // that some of our script udpates/frames take a little bit longer than the target average 
         // to execute.
         // NOTE: if we go to variable SCRIPT_FPS, then we will need to reconsider this approach
-        const std::chrono::microseconds TARGET_SCRIPT_FRAME_DURATION(USECS_PER_SECOND / SCRIPT_FPS + 1);
+        const std::chrono::microseconds TARGET_SCRIPT_FRAME_DURATION(static_cast<int64_t>(USECS_PER_SECOND / _getTargetUpdateRate()) + 1);
         clock::time_point targetSleepUntil(startTime + (thisFrame++ * TARGET_SCRIPT_FRAME_DURATION));
 
         // However, if our sleepUntil is not at least our average update and timer execution time 
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
index 32d81b9511..c0c1f7ac96 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
@@ -41,11 +41,9 @@
 #include "ScriptUUID.h"
 #include "Vec3.h"
 
-class QScriptEngineDebugger;
-
 static const QString NO_SCRIPT("");
 
-static const int SCRIPT_FPS = 60;
+class QScriptEngineDebugger;
 
 class CallbackData {
 public:
@@ -56,6 +54,7 @@ public:
 
 typedef QList<CallbackData> CallbackList;
 typedef QHash<QString, CallbackList> RegisteredEventHandlers;
+using GetTargetUpdateRateFunction = std::function<float()>;
 
 class EntityScriptDetails {
 public:
@@ -201,6 +200,8 @@ public:
 
     bool getEntityScriptDetails(const EntityItemID& entityID, EntityScriptDetails &details) const;
 
+    void setGetTargetUpdateRateFunction(GetTargetUpdateRateFunction function) { _getTargetUpdateRate = function; }
+
 public slots:
     void callAnimationStateHandler(QScriptValue callback, AnimVariantMap parameters, QStringList names, bool useNames, AnimVariantResultHandler resultHandler);
     void updateMemoryCost(const qint64&);
@@ -270,6 +271,8 @@ protected:
     std::atomic<bool> _isUserLoaded { false };
     bool _isReloading { false };
 
+    GetTargetUpdateRateFunction _getTargetUpdateRate { []() { return 60.0f; } };
+
     ArrayBufferClass* _arrayBufferClass;
 
     AssetScriptingInterface _assetScriptingInterface{ this };